"Young lady, it's inevitable that it will hurt during the wound cleaning process. If you really can't bear it, you can tell me," the doctor said with concern and heartache.

Song Mai shook her head, her face expressionless.

Her focus was never on the pain, but on whether she could save her hand.

"Doctor, I'm a designer. Can I still continue designing in the future?"

After thinking carefully for a moment, the doctor looked into her eyes and said, "Yes, it's okay. Your meridians weren't damaged. But during your recovery, you must pay attention to rest and try not to exert force on your hand."

Song Mai nodded seriously and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

After bandaging her wound, she couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at her swollen hand.

"If An'an sees this, she'll definitely laugh at me."

Lin Ran's eyes reddened, and she complained in a coquettish tone, "What time is it? How can you still have the mind to say such things? You have no idea how worried we were about you. Fortunately, it was all alright."

"I'm worried that I won't be able to exert myself for the next three months, which might affect the designer competition."

For the sake of a longer-term, more ambitious goal, Song Mai had no choice but to give up the current competition.

If a single competition were to hinder her hand recovery, it would become a lifelong regret for her.

Xie Wenwen approvingly took the medical record and said seriously, "The competition isn't the most important thing; your hand is a hundred times more important than this competition."

Song Mai looked around gratefully, wanting to say thank you, but found herself at a loss for words because of the large number of people present.

She couldn't help but laugh: "It's just a hand injury, why do we need so many people to come to the scene?"

"Are you complaining that we came at the wrong time, or that we didn't bring any gifts to visit you?" Shen Xiujing looked at her helplessly and chuckled in a low voice.

After hesitating for a moment, Song Mai shook her head seriously: "I just feel that it's really unnecessary to trouble you with such a small matter."

“I have thoroughly investigated Gu Jia’s situation, and it’s more serious than you imagined.” Chu Yunxing, who had been standing at the back of the crowd, suddenly spoke up, immediately shocking everyone around him.

Xie Wenwen stretched out her hand and pointed at him tremblingly, remaining silent for a long time.

Unable to contain her curiosity, Lin Ran asked directly, "How did you end up here? Didn't you already forget about Mai Zi?"

Chu Yunxing awkwardly touched the tip of his nose, guiltily changing the subject: "Gu Jia's symptoms of schizophrenia are very severe now, and she is completely unable to control her other personality."

"So this loss of control wasn't Gu Jia's doing, but rather the action of another personality within her?" Song Mai stared wide-eyed in shock, completely at a loss for words to describe her feelings at that moment.

Although I had heard of this symptom before, I had never experienced it myself.

Only when you truly step into a dangerous situation can you put yourself in the other person's shoes and think about the matter from their perspective.

Song Mai sighed regretfully: "Her career was so bright. Once this gets out, things will be much harder for her."

“She probably wanted to leave the entertainment industry a long time ago, so she used today’s events to secure her last paycheck.” Ji Fenghe, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up at this moment.

Song Mai looked up at him and said, "You were in such a hurry to make the call, did you already discover something?"

Ji Feng nodded, then gently shook his head.

"Actually, I learned about this from conversations among passersby, and after hearing that you had been taken away, I specifically sent someone to investigate."

Gu Jia initially refused the live broadcast, but for some reason suddenly agreed.

The sudden change of events led the Yao Group to believe that she genuinely wanted to cooperate, and they took the matter very seriously.

That's why they borrowed the green pearl for her.

As for the live broadcast, it was because a staff member accidentally clicked "start" that the situation escalated to such a large extent.

Strangely, the staff didn't know who clicked start, and no one admitted to it.

Later, through surveillance footage, it was discovered that the person who opened the live stream squeezed in from outside during the chaos, opened the live stream, and then left immediately, with no one noticing her every move.

"So from the very beginning, someone set a trap for me." Song Mai subconsciously reached out to tap the table, forgetting about her injury.

The intense pain interrupted her thoughts, and she was in so much pain that she couldn't speak.

Seeing her pained expression, Chu Yun walked over and gently patted her back: "Don't rush, tell me slowly."

"Gu Jia's condition is unstable and could get out of control at any time. How can the other party guarantee that the plan will succeed?"

This is what Song Mai can't understand the most.

She thought about it for a long time, but had absolutely no clue.

No one present could answer, and they all lowered their heads in thought.

"No rush, we can investigate slowly," Song Mai said with a smile, then got up to leave.

It was just a hand injury; she didn't want to be stuck in the hospital room.

Unexpectedly, Chu Yunxing, Shen Xiujing, and Ji Feng all said in unison, "No way!"

Song Mai stood frozen in place, staring at them in astonishment: "What are you talking about?"

"Your hands are at risk of infection at any time, so try not to move them unnecessarily," Shen Xiujing said considerately.

Song Mai looked down at her hands, which were almost wrapped up like a mummy, and felt really frustrated.

Why do I have to encounter such unlucky things?

"By the way, how's that pearl?" Song Mai asked anxiously.

Since Yao Qianyu took the initiative to borrow it, if it is lost, a large sum of auction money will naturally need to be paid in compensation.

Yao Qianyu sighed: "Even at a time like this, you're still thinking about that pearl?"

"I don't want to see you cause the Yao Group to lose a large sum of money." Song Mai smiled and winked, speaking in a coded manner that was a topic of conversation between the two of them.

A look of emotion flashed across Yao Qianyu's face as she obediently went to Song Mai's bedside.

Looking at the delicate beauty in front of her, she suddenly regretted her past actions.

How could I have been so heartless as to lay a hand on such a beautiful woman like Song Mai back then? I was truly a beast.

"What kind of reward do you want for the brave thing you did today?" Yao Qianyu's words sounded like those of a boss.

Song Mai couldn't help but laugh, her eyes crinkling with joy: "The reward I hope for is to be discharged from the hospital immediately."

Yao Qianyu looked at her helplessly: "I need to clarify something. No matter how capable I am, I am far from being able to catch up with any of these three."

After all, Chu Yunxing's presence alone was enough to intimidate countless people.

"Don't you have any other wishes?" Yao Qianyu asked, hands in her pockets, looking at her with curiosity.

After pondering for a long time, Song Mai gently kissed her head and said, "I don't have any big wishes right now. Can I save this?"